JEE Main 2027
Joint Entrance Examination (Main)
JEE Main is the national engineering and architecture entrance conducted by NTA twice a year. Its rank decides admission to NITs, IIITs and other centrally funded institutes through JoSAA/CSAB, and its top scorers qualify for JEE Advanced.
- Conducted by
- National Testing Agency (NTA)
- Mode
- Computer Based Test (CBT); the Drawing Test of Paper 2A is on paper
- Frequency
- Twice a year (Session 1 in January, Session 2 in April); the better NTA score counts
- Duration
- 3 hours (3 hours 30 minutes if both B.Arch and B.Planning are taken)
JEE Main 2027 Cutoff
Updated on 18 October 2026 · Compiled from official National Testing Agency notices
JEE Main has two kinds of cutoff: the qualifying percentile for JEE Advanced, and the opening and closing ranks at JoSAA/CSAB. This tab covers the first and explains how to read the second.
Qualifying cutoff for JEE Advanced 2026
NTA released the category-wise qualifying NTA scores on 20 April 2026 along with the Session 2 result. The figures below are as reported consistently across multiple news and education sites; a few sites printed different values, so check the NTA notice at jeemain.nta.nic.in for the final word.
| Category | Qualifying NTA percentile | Candidates qualified (reported) |
|---|---|---|
| General (CRL) | 93.4123549 | 96,873 |
| Gen-EWS | 82.4164528 | 25,009 |
| OBC-NCL | 80.9232583 | 67,597 |
| SC | 63.9172792 | 37,522 |
| ST | 52.0174712 | 18,790 |
| General-PwD | 0.0023186 | 4,391 |
About 2,50,182 candidates qualified in all. The bulletin sets the pool at the top 2,50,000 candidates in the B.E./B.Tech paper.
How the cutoff is used
- It decides only who is eligible to register for JEE Advanced; it does not decide your IIT seat.
- NIT, IIIT and GFTI seats are not limited by this cutoff. Any candidate with an All India Rank who meets the 75% / top 20 percentile Class XII rule can take part in JoSAA.
- The percentile cutoff moves with the difficulty of the paper and the performance of the batch; it is not fixed from year to year.
- If percentiles for multiple shifts differ at the cutoff marks, the lowest becomes the eligibility cutoff for all shifts (Appendix VII).
Reading opening and closing ranks
At JoSAA, each institute and branch publishes an opening rank (best rank admitted) and a closing rank (last rank admitted) per category, quota and round. For NITs, ranks are separate for Home State and Other State quotas, and the female supernumerary seats carry their own ranks. A branch whose closing rank is higher than your rank in a given round has a realistic chance in that category.
Closing ranks differ every year and cannot be derived from the qualifying cutoff. Use the previous year's JoSAA round-wise data, choose a mix of ambitious, reasonable and safe options, and prefer last-round data for safe choices.
No predicted ranks here
This page does not list opening or closing ranks because they depend on the JoSAA data of a specific year, round and category. Refer to the official JoSAA archive.
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Frequently asked questions
What was the General cutoff for JEE Advanced 2026?
93.4123549 percentile, as reported from the NTA announcement of 20 April 2026.
Do I need to clear this cutoff for NIT admission?
No. It applies to JEE Advanced eligibility. NIT admission depends on your rank, seats, the Class XII criteria and counselling.